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chewiegirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Vomit and Slavery
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
ravenousrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Would I recommend it? Absolutely.
Would I myself dive in again? Only if I were prepared to once more disassemble my perspective on humanity and myself.
Good luck to us all.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Sexism
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
vigil's review against another edition
3.75
this is such and uncomfortable read, and i wished death on doug every single page i'd say. he completely sucks in a very real almost banal way, and the constant refrain of
i'm not giving it 5 stars because of the improper pacing of the novel, especially in regards to the ending. i enjoyed it on a technicality, because i do think it rings as emotionally resonant for annie and the novel, but it happens far too quickly.
Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
oddlyartless's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Slavery
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent
Narrator/POV is a sentient sexbottoofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I also just really enjoyed that this was accessible sci-fi. the world is not overly complicated, and in fact very similar to our current world, but with human like robots you can buy if you're ridiculously rich. it wasn't hard to buy or to follow and I appreciated that a lot because a lot of what makes me not a sci-fi person is that I feel it can feel inaccessible to me as a genre.
The only thing missing for me is that it felt like there was a lot of time skips in the book and telling me what went on during the time period instead of showing me and I generally don't love when authors tell me things instead of showing me them. All in all though, great read.
Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Body shaming, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape
Moderate: Cancer and Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Death of parent
dblue236's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I can't for a moment claim this book was an enjoyable read, but it did definitely leave me thinking about a number of things regarding humanity, or the lack thereof. It was wildly uncomfortable much of the time and often left me wishing for a robot uprising in much the same way the video game Detroit: Become Human did. All of those things seemed to be the point, so I can't say I disliked the book, but I was also very relieved when I finished it. It left me unsettled in a way that books very seldom do.
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, and Confinement
Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent
juanat77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Rape, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Cancer
hheartbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
Moderate: Cancer, Torture, and Death of parent
gidgetdraws's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent